Richard
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Richard by Carol Ann Duffy
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The final monarch in the Plantagenet line, Richard III, was the last English king to die in battle–killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. He has been maligned in history as a tyrant who murdered his own nephews–the Princes in the Tower–to take the throne two years earlier. At the battle, Ri...
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My bones, scripted in light, upon cold soil,
a human braille. My skull, scarred by a crown,
emptied of history. Describe my soul
as incense, votive, vanishing; your own
the same. Grant me the carving of my name.
These relics, bless. Imagine you re-tie
a broken string and on it thread a cross,
the symbol severed from me when I died.
The end of time – an unknown, unfelt loss –
unless the Resurrection of the Dead …
or I once dreamed of this, your future breath
in prayer for me, lost long, forever found;
or sensed you from the backstage of my death,
as kings glimpse shadows on a battleground.
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When did Carol-ann-duffy release Richard?
Carol-ann-duffy released Richard on Thu Mar 26 2015.